Polyglot Dictionary

actuar

/akˈtwaɾ/

verb B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
actúo
preterite (yo)
actué
past participle
actuado

Meaning

  1. to act

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

obrar

actuar is the everyday, common word for "to act," behave, or perform; obrar is more formal or literary, often with a moral or judicial connotation, like doing the right thing.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

agir

agir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to act."

Practice

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